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Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1887-07-02
CHAPTER XII.
Heart, heart, lie still;
Heavens sweet grace alone
Can keep in peace its own
i" Let that me fill
And I am still.'


For four weeks since the close of our
summer journey we had been the guests
Of Judge Pryor. Now, our little resi-
dence all arranged, the two servants of
the establishment having entered upon
their duties, we were to take our 6
o'clock dinner for the first time under
our own roof-tree
The pleasant fall afternoon was closing
as, making our adieus for the time being
to Miss Ethel and Judge Pryor, we
walked out by the river to the cottage
which was to be our future home. The
golden sunshine gloWed here and there
upon the yellow and scarlet foliage of
the Autumn the air was mild and clear,
but at our feet there rustled leaves, the
harbinger of natures season Of dormant
vitality.
"And SO, Trecha," said, putting my
arm about her, "you are leaving your
fathers home, setting out in the world
with only your huSband?"
"And I am going to hold fast to my
husbands hand" she said, looking up
with smile. "What pretty walk this
will be for US along the river, as we 60
to and from town. Only think" she
continued, Il am going to be one of
papa's nearest and best neighbors"
"Do you think, lady bird, you can be
happy without carriage?" I queried.
"Pbilip, you are laughing at me" she
said. Il can always use papa's carriage,
if wish; but prefer this lovely walk to
driving. Look, Philip, how the light
varies over the sail of the little boat
across the water The wind is shifting;
and do you notice how like fine etch-
ing the canvas appears, with shadows
thin or heavy as the motion changes and
the light shades or brighten8"
eyes, it is study A more practical
thought suggests ITSELF" I said, Gin view
of that boat Trecha, what elegant fish
we can secure from the watermen over
there! They can bring them fresh from
the stream. We will find them far bet
ter favored"
"YeS," she said, 'they will seem al
most like our own possession, will they
not? And I think, dear, we will enjoy
the portico from the dining-room, with
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1887-07-02
nFoR BETTER Or WORSE.
NV True Wife"

By MRS. MARY W. LoUGHBoRoUGH.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-06-24
The Future of Farming.

Nothing is more sure than that the
future of farming in this country-if it
is to be made 20 pay at all-can be made
remunerative only by complete change
of system. The change can never be
brought about so long as wheat growing
is made 2 speciality. 1t IS already pro-
wing itself TO be the bane of American
agriculture, not only in yielding no pro-
fit TO the grower, but in taking the life's
blood out of the soil and shipping it off
in the grain. 1t cannot but be observed,
even by the common run of farmers,
that farming in this country is carried
on TO a ruinous disadvantage by reason
of growing low priced and soil exhaust
ing crops, coupled with the expense and
perishable machinery required to save
and repair them for market and that
these are the sources which operate as a
perpetual drain on the farmers income.
But, as before said, the change must
come, and come only through the aid OF
grass, and in growing such animals as
will produce the highest priced meats,
not only IN the markets of this country
but OF the world, whether on the hoof
in carcasses or casks. Instead of i'm
pOverishlng the soil, as do crops of wheat
and corn, grass performs the part of an
improver of it's fertility 1t is Cor the
butcher, and not the miller, that the
farmer should now be growing crops.
Another thing, land that is much till
ed must necessarily be well manfred,
and as this is very expensive the farmer
has no other source to look to than grass
and stock. He should, therefore, quit
raising so much wheat and raise more
of such crops as can be fed on his land,
mutton. Even if there should be no
more money in 1t, il is better than losing
on wheat, beside il will enable him to
suppor: his family, keep him on; of debt,
and above all, maintain the fertility of
his land, and thus be taking no step
backward. But the farmer who relies
upon wheat as his principal crop not
only fails to make any money 10y it, but
is wearing out his land as well. II
hardly needs any argument to prove
these facts, and that the men who are
improving their opportunities are the
the men who give more of their atten-
tion 70 grazing stock, and thus not only
lay the foundation for an easier system
of farming. but keep up the fertility of
their land. Baltimore San.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-06-24

GEORGE WAsHINGToN's AwFI-r..
RAzoR.-A lady residing at Peoria, H..
has in her possession the razor used bv
George Washington. The Saturday
Evening Call of that city thus describes
it:
The razor consists Of a blade about
six inches long, an inch and a quarter
wide, with very thick back. and han.
die composed of wood on one side and
bone or the other. II is heavy enough
to cut chickens head off at one blow
and looks as if it might also be made
useful as a butchers cleaver, The art
of making hollow-gI ound razors was ap-
parently unknown in the days of the
illustu0us George.
On looking at the implement and
contemplating the torture that must
have followed the daily use Of it. one
can no longer wonder at the fTmly-ses
mouth, and the look of resolution that
Is app rent in every line Of the herO's
face as prOtrayed in the national postage
stamp. He acquired that aspect Of in.
domitabIe and unconquerable fortitude
while using the same razor.
How any man with e skin Of less
toughness than leather itself could ever
use it is a mystery. Go and SEE that
weapon and reflect upon the adamautine
bravery than the great leader Of the Con
tinental armies possessed, Of which his
tory makes no mention whatever. To
face deOth in the shock OF battle is com
paratively easy, but to submit ones self
TO being skinned alive daily is really the
ordeal that is calculated TO test the stuff
of which a man is made
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-06-24

EFFECT OF A CRUEL JOKE.-Bsssle
Miles, aged years, a daughter Of a
blacksmith living near Harrod's Creek,
Kentucky, was on Saturday night, the
4th inst, The victim Of a crael Joke
which caused the loss of her reason.
On the night in question the little girls
mother took her to the residence Of
Mrs. Herman GIandt, where a private
spiritual seance was being held. The
gill was very much frightened, and
frequently begged her mother to 90
home. The company laughed at her
and finally a son of Mrs. Grandt, iu
spirit of mischief, crawIed behind the
girls chair and gave utterance TO
dismal groan. The poor girl fell from
her chair in commissions. Everybody
was now thoroughly frightened and the
girls mother was nearly distracted
with grief. There was no physician
near, but everything that could be
thought Of was done. The child re-
mained unconscious until DR.. Ruby,
OF Nashville, arrived there at o'clock
on Sunday. Then she opened her eyes,
but there was wild, unnatural light in
them, and the doctor thinks her reason
has been dethroDed. The shock was
also so great to her nervous system that
she may not recover.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-06-24
The Old Man Had to Wait.

On a Michigan Central train tbs
other day, as the "bntcher'' came int,
the car with basket of oranges an
old man, whose wife sat beside him
was very anxious to buy half a dozs1
but she waved the boy on with:
He can't have 'em. He never eats
one without the juice runs down On HE
shirt BOSOM
"Sboo but 1 want two or tbrss
Hammer, - he protested.
"You behave yourself You waDf 70
get cramps and raise a great row, dop,t
you ?''
The boy soon returned with boxed
figs, and the old man beckoned TO him
and began to lick his chops.
Pass light on, - said the woman n
the boy. "He haint eat fig for thirty
years, and 1 guess he can 60 thirtv
more. -
The boy passed on and returned With
peanuts. The old man was ready for
him, but the wife protested:
He can't eat 'em. It's been ter
years since he had tooth in his head
and he'd have to swallow 'em whole
No, Reuben. you let peanuts alone. So
Twenty minutes later the boy was
back with candy packages in which
there were prizes, and the old man
exclaimed
I'm hev one o. them or-bust v-
Then you'n bust she replied az
she motioned the boy to pass on. "It,s
agin the Lord and law TO take chances
an you wouldn't git nothing nohow 3,
"Bu, I'm going to buy suthi1,
Hammer"
wei, you wait. You can't have
ice cream uor lemonade, and Il he comes
with popcorn or but'ermilk don't vor
dare to raise fuss. Just you wait
Wen be in Detroit at O'Clock and
then if there happens to be grocery
handy by, you can buy six herrings for
FIVE cents. Herrlngs is something 10
stand by you, Reuben, and the heads
and tails will keep moths away and aIe
good for waits. We've got too old for
cewgaws, Reuben, What we want il
the wuth Of our money"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-06-24
A GREAT MISTAKE

49, heretofore been made in the treatment
of rheumatism, neuralgia, and nervous or
sick headache This is evidenced by the
failure on the part of thousands Of sufferers
TO find relief, even though they have eI-
hausted the skill of various physicians and
tried numerous so-called remedies. To
such AthIophoros Is offered 81 a safe, ssre,
and qaick care. It's success has been phe-
nomenal, and yet il IS not surprising be-
cause IL irU do all that Is claimed for 1t.
The AthlophOros Co. will gladly refer any
who desire to make an investigation to re-
reliable parties who have been cured by it.
Warrensburgh, \. Y.
Enclosed find postal note for one-half
dozen bottles Of your Athlophoros. 1t is
wonderful how 1t cures every case where
can persuade them 10 try. The sales are
increasing Nv sister-in-law was given up
10 die by the doctors; they sent for me; /
took bottle of AthlophorOs and persuaded
her TO try it, the second dose gave relief.
She had not lain in bed for two weeks;
the next night she went to bed and slept
all night; in one week she was up and at
work around the house Many thanks.
Mrs. JNo. ID. NUTTISG.
II Is owing to Athlophoros that am
alive. | have suffered with infiammatory
rheumatism for years, most ofthe time be-
ing perfectly helpless. But one bottle of
Athlophoros has cured me. There is no.
thing like it for the speedy relief and per-
menf cure of rheumatism, so ! recommend
il TO all, knowing it will accomplish what
IL claims to do. Mrs. L. NICKERs,
46 Pleasant St, Waterbury, Conn.
f. C. Hazard, Upper Isle, y. Y, says:
al had neuralgia in the head and neck,
and Athlophoros cured them"
Every druggist should keep AthlOPhor oros
and Athlophorus Pills, but where they can
not be bought of the druggist the Athlo-
phoros Co, lI2 Wall St, New York, will
send either carriage paid on receipt Of
regular price, which is Sl.CO per bottle
for Athlophoros and soc. for Pills.
For liver and kidney diseases. dyspepsia, in
digestion, weakness, nervous debility, diseases
Of women. CONSTIPATION. headache, impure
blood sc, Athlophoros Pills are unequaled-
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-06-24

BUTTEENIILK NS \ DEINK.-A great
physician one said that If every one
knew the value Of buttermiIk as a drink
It would be- more freely partgke of by
persons who drink so excessively of
other beverages, and further compared
its effects upon the system, to the clean
ing out of a cook stove that has been
clOgged up with ashes that have sifted
through, filling every crevice and crack,
say ing chat the human system is like the
stove, and collects and gathers refuse
ma tier that can in no way be extermin-
ated from the system So effectuallv as
by drinking buttermuk. l. is also a
remedy for indigestion, soothes and
quiets the nerves, and is very 5omnOleut
TO those who are troubled with sleep
lessness. I,s medicinal qualities can
not be Overrnted, and N should be freely
used by all who can get il. Every one
who values good health should drink
buttermilk every day In warm weather
and let tea, coffee and water alone.
For the benefit OF those who are not
already aware of iT, may add that "a
the churuing OF il, the first process NJ
digestion is gone through. making 20 one
of the easiest and quickest Of all things
TO digest. IL makes gastric Juice, and
contains properties that readily assimi-
late with it, with very little wear upon
the digestive organs.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-06-24

MEDICAL SCIENCE IN CUINA.-The
Chinese have a medical literature Of a
kind, but they know nothing abuu-
even the the elementary principles os
anatomy and physiology. \ Chjnaman
who wishes 20 become a doctor does MOI
60 through any training or spend money
in buy ing a practice he has only to
purchase a pair OF speclao'es and gather
some herbs, a few spiders aud some
snakes, which he places in bottles ia
the window Of his shop. The bottles
are his advertisement they tell all Sho
are ia need of healing TO come 20 him.
His fdvorite prescription is a horrible
pill, compounded of parts Of snakes.
wasps, centipeCes, toads, AID scorpions,
ground small and mixed with honey.
Another pin, supposed to be OF extra
ordinary efficacy in cases of extreme
weakness, is made of the bones Of tigers
The belief in Its merit is based on this
strange piece Of reasoning. "Tne tiger
is very strong the bone Is the strongest
part of the auima'-.hrrelore, pill of
this must be Pre-eminently strengthen
ing. " These facts speak eIoquently as
10 the state of medical science in
China. The Iameutable consequence is
an excessive mortality. IL is calculated
that 33, 600 die daily, and this number
is OF course largely increased during An
epidemic, which is no uncommon
visitor.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-06-24

SOMETHING ABOUT BATs.-The Iarg.
est of the bats are the so-calld flying
foxes-specimens OF which are often
landed at San Francisco and shipped
east. The face and head much resem-
bles that of the fox, the eyes being
large and lustrous. They are especially
common in the Indian peninsula, aud
occasion so much damage in some of
the islands which contain large fruit
orchards that the planters are Obliged
to cover the trees with nets. The bats
are extrmely large, and when seen
hanging from the trees present the ap-
pearance of black fruit or seeds. Often
as many as 100 will be seen clinging to
the same tree, and SO powerful or pene-
trating is the musky odor which they
exude that their presence is announced
long before they are seen.
These bats are famous for their habits
of intemperance, and party Of drunken
ones Is often met with. Their condi-
tion is due to their love for the toddy.
which they obtain from the chatties of
the cocoanut trees. So intoxicated do
they become that they are often found
at the foot of trees sleeping off the
effects of their debsuch, and SO fall
victims to the vice. Temperance lee
turers often use the argument that man
OF all the animal kingdom is the only
one that takes to the flowing bowl, but
the bats, monkeys, and elephants are
exceptions.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-06-24

Tue telescope was an accidental dis
covery. The children OF a Ouch specta-
cle-maksr, named LippeIshey, were
playing with SOM Of their fathers
glasses before his door. setting them
this way aud that, and p5spfug through
them in ,urns, for fun, when, ty a Ger
tain accidental arrangement OF th-
glasses, they were SURPRISED Co see The
spire OF the distant church brough 20
al appearance. close 20 their eyes. The
spec. .ScJe-msLer was called % witness
the phenomenon, and was filed with a
strange delight with what he saw. lie
from this SET about the construction OF
the telescope, and when Sc was finished.
took .he Instrument 60 GalIeo. who
improved upon IJ, and as,uuJshed the
Doge and Che mobiles ug Venice by one
day presenting it to their wondering
eyes "a look through.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-06-24

NAMES OF SOUTHERN NEGROES.-A
Yankee friend of mine in speaking of
the Limekiln club, says
''It is inimitable, only that the names
of the members are so exaggerated -
When l wrote her a list OF thr queer
names that have become so familiar to
me from much hearing she declared
that she would Tetract her opinion of
the Limekiln names being exaggerated
The negroes generally take their names
either from their surroundings or obtain
them from the white people, often mix
ing Ip names II the most incongruous
style. Lilly is the favorite name for
the biackest pickaninny among them.
Our old washeTwoman named her only
child Mary Mandy Selma Pleasant De
lightful. 4 bow-iegged young descend
ant of Ham rejOicts il the name of Shad-
Tach Meshach Abednego-though he is
generally known as Sbad.
n fond young mother could not decide
what to call her first son, so il her dilem-
ma applied to young lady, who told
her to call him Wiilipus Wallapus.
The name tIckled her fancy, and now
Willipus Wallapus is added to the list.
The same negro has since become the
mother of daughter, and in speaking
of her short time ago, said Il amt
sOt on no name for her yit, but I'll
either call her Queen Victoria or Mrs.
Cleveland. She also has a stepson, an
overgrown fellow of II or Is, who bears
the sweet name of Rosebud Tab. But
perhaps the most ridiculous names are
found in those of the children of half
witted negro in Alabama. There are
three of them, named respectively
Heaven, Hell and Moses Smote the
Water. A party of picnicers were
very much startled in passing her house
one day to hear the following command
''LOok hyar, Heaven, you niggah, you
go down to He'll and git dat ar dipper
woU dey got down dere.' 1t was only
after a thorough investigation that she
could be understood.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-06-24

y DISPATCH from Washington SAYS
The count of the cash in the United
States Treasury, which is nov in pro-
gress, has developed the fact that the
vault capacity is entirely inadequate foI
the handling of the silver. The silver
vault was filled to its utmost capacity
some time ago, and there still remained
about 1000, 600 standard dollars which,
for want OF better place. were piled u
bags in the passage way leading to the
vault. In making the count these bags
had 20 be removed TO an outside hall,
where they now remain. protected from
outside interference by nothing but
pine board partition. 1t, therefore, has
TO be guarded all the time by watchmen
employed in the building, who are arm
ed with revolvers during the day ana
with repeating rifles during tie night.
Every pTecaution has been taken 10 pre-
vent its being tampered with while m
its exposed condition. The count VIII
last f-e weeks more, and the silver CAN
not be returned to the vault-ToOm until
that is concluded. In the meantime
work is being pushed on the new silver
vault authorized by the last Congress.
1t viii have storage capacity for lOO,UOu,
600 standard dollars, and viii probably
be ready for use in September.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-06-24

CLEANING CHDNEYs.--A simple and
effectual way to clean on; chimneys, aud
also 20 remove clinkers from stoves and
furnace CRATES, is TO burn piece Of zinc
about the size OF ones hand. The 500
in the chimney IS converted into Gue
white ashes, which rise and are carried
OF Ike smoke. What chemical action
takes place IN case Of The cI.nk=rs we do
not explain, but can testify from expsrs-
ence as to their thorough removal by
throwing a small piece OF zJnc on the
fire, CORgrtgUtiOu0list
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-06-24
Birds that Help the Farmer.

The material is is largely in hand in
the newly organized division of economic
ornilhology Of tile department Of agri-
culture for a series Of bulletins upon the
relations of several common species OF
birds in this country TO agriculture. Dr.
g. ii. Merriam, the head of the division,
places the English sparrow as chief Of
the pests which threaten destruction to
the valuable branches of agriculture.
THIS bird, which was imported for the
protection of shade trees from cdterpil-
ars, etc. has multiplied TO such an ex-
tent as 10 become q greater scOurge than
the one 1t was expected to cOunteract.
The new territory which II iGvades is
estimated at more than 130, 900 square
miles annually, and its destruction Of
fruit is almost incompatible. The bob
'Olink of the north is found 10 be help
ful 10 grain growers, as il lives upon
field insects and the seeds OF destructive
weeds, but in the south its ravages in
the rice fields are estimated to cost the
planters trOm s. 100000 TO $1,000, 600
annually. Dr. Merriam says that ornl-
biologists Sre convinced that the services
OF hawks-aud owls are of great value 10
farmers. Not more than three out of
upward of thirty different species prey
upon domestic fowl, and even these
more than remuuerate the farmer by
killing Geld mice. The other species
live entirely upon field mice, grasshOp-
pers, beetles, and other vermjn which
are great destroyers Of grain. The crow
has received considerable attention from
the doctor ard his correspondent, but
the evidence in hand is not sufficient to
warrant a verdict. So far as il goes It
creat es impressions n its favor. 1t is u
corn thief to be sure, but its pilfeIings
may be guarded against, while on the
other hand It destroys some kind OF fiu q
vermin in great numbers, to say moth ng
OF its work AS u scarsnger.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-06-24
President GarfieId,s Pbvs,c,an

DIR. Bliss and other eminent medical men
speak in the highest terms of Speer's Wines.
Dr. Bliss prescribes these wines in his practice
whenever wines are necessary. The follow
ing IS part d iatt-T received ~ LII. Spcsr :
haYe. been greatly pleased with your
VI. Wines, and specially so with the Claret
burgundy and Port. 1 wish you to send
me two4ases of your Claret and one of Bur
gundy' Also, two cases of Claret and one
OF Burgundy to my niece Miss-New York
City, and send the bill of both orders to me.
Yours truly,
ID. w. BLISS, NJ. D.,
Washington. d. c.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-06-24

y NATURAL LAwYER-A man
{ dropped in on Stocton lawyer the other
day and wanted TO borrow ten dollars
/ Haven't got it." said the lawyer.
We'll returned the modest man,
cant you borrow it for me 20
Il might; but you must pay back
that five dollars you borrowed of me a
[ year ago first. :"
He left. The next day he came again,
aud brought the i've dollars.
THANK you, thank you," smiled the
member of the bar, pOcketing the piece.
THAT amt the proper thing to say :;
thank you' is too tame"
Yes ?"
Yes"
What should | say, then 2"
Why, you ought 20 say, Come On,
Old boy, let's go down and have some
thin'.''
."Well, then, come on, old boy -
They went down and had something,
and the ''old boy" called up all his
friends.
There was just three dollars and ten
cents left out of the half eagle
That afternoon the 'old boy'' Drop
ped in on the lawyer again.
How about that ten dollars Yn he
asked.
What ten dollars 20
Why that ten dollars you were going
to lend me if brought back the five,
I've come to get it,
Great Caesar Say, just sit down
over there and go to studying law. l
need a man just like you I'm going to
make you my partner,''
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-06-24
Horses, Cattle and Chick kens

For collie and grubs, for lung fever, cough
OF hide.5ound, give Simmons Liver ReguIa-
tor IN mash twice a day. You can recon-
mend 1t to every one having stock as the
best medicine known for the above COM
plants. In using IT with my chick kens, for
cholera and gaps l mix il with the dough
and feed 1t to them once day. By this
treatment have lost none when the Regu-
lator was given promptly and regularly:
Z. L. TAYLOR, Agt. for Grangers OF Ga.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-06-24

IT is now possible to construct COM
piete sewing machines at the rate of
one every minute or sixty in ole hour ,
$40 watches in a day; reaper every
hfteen minutes or less, and one locomo-
tive in a dav.